Animal shelter offering discount spay/neuter vouchers

For one day only, vouchers for spaying and neutering pets will be available at half-price Tuesday at Southwest County's regional animal shelter in Wildomar.

The vouchers are being made available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the shelter, 33751 Mission Trail, in commemoration of Spay Day USA, which is held annually on Feb. 26 to bring attention to pet overpopulation.

The vouchers will be valid at a low-cost, spay-neuter clinic that the shelter's operator, Animal Friends of the Valleys, expects to open by early April in Lake Elsinore, a news release states.

The exact amount of the savings from the vouchers is not available because the rates that will be charged at the clinic have yet to be determined, said Animal Friends' Executive Director Willa Bagwell.

She expects that the prices to be charged at the clinic could range from $40 to $60 per cat and $50 to $100 per dog.

Animal Friends is offering up to $25,000 worth of the discount vouchers, the release states.